Cincinnati vs Tulsa 1/20/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (6-9) vs. Cincinnati Bearcats (13-5)
January 20, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Cincinnati Bearcats -8 / Tulsa Golden Hurricane +8; Over/Under: -131.5
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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane and the Cincinnati Bearcats meet in college basketball action from the Fifth Third Arena on Thursday night.
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane come into this game looking to bounce back from a 66-64 loss to Houston last time out. Jeriah Horne leads Tulsa in scoring and rebounding with 17.2 PPG and 7.4 RPG while Sam Griffin has 15.9 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Tulsa up to this point in the season. Darien Jackson has 7.9 PPG and Anthony Pritchard’s chipping in a team-high 3.1 APG as well this season. As a team, Tulsa is averaging 68.1 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 35.1% from three and 78.2% from the foul line while allowing 67.4 PPG on 44.9% shooting from the field and 36.2% from three this season.
The Cincinnati Bearcats will look to build on their 61-57 win over Wichita State last time out. Jeremiah Davenport leads the Bearcats with 12.9 PPG and 5.2 RPG while David DeJulius has 12.9 PPG with 2.6 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Cincinnati up to this point in the season. Mike Saunders has 7.6 PPG with 3.1 APG while Mika Adams-Woods has a team-high 3.6 APG and Viktor Lakhin has 4.8 RPG as well this season. As a team, Cincinnati is averaging 71.1 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field, 31.8% from three and 65.9% from the foul line while allowing 62.4 PPG on 37.8% from the field and 31.1% from three this season.
Tulsa is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games following a loss and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games following a loss. Cincinnati is 7-18-2 ATS in their last 27 home games and 12-36-3 ATS in their last 51 games following a win while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 home games against a team with a losing road record.
I get why Cincinnati’s favored at home here, but this is shaping up to be a pretty good matchup against a Tulsa team that hasn’t been a pushover on the road and has played some close games as of late. Cincinnati likely wins this game, but I can see Tulsa dragging it down to the wire. Give me Tulsa and the points here.
